The Prodigal Wife

Look whose back. Back again.
Niecey's back. Tell a friend.

naked lunch

Lunched at the Happy Gnome with the Bee-Dubs.

Minot Under Water

Specialist Benjamin Clark called me to say that he had been woken up to assist with the evacuation of Minot, ND. He said the water was topping the levees as we spoke. Also, I could hear public defence sirens over the phone.

Earlier in the morning he told me that he had been interviewed on local television yesterday. I was not able to locate that interview, possibly below.

NBC Minot

CBS Minot

Let me know if you find it. Thanks.

Memorial Weekend Observed

The lake was calm and the day was beautiful on Sunday. Denice and I spent much of the day lounging in a boat.



One of the locals told me our hedge is called Bridal Veil. Makes sense that it's blooming at the end of May.

Jacob attended his friend Jimbo's wedding this weekend. Attending a friends wedding has got to be a milestone event for Jake.

A Broken Spirit

NASA recently announced that they will end attempts to contact the Spirit Rover on Mars. It looks as though Spirit may have frozen to death.

Spirit has a plaque that remembers the crew of the space shuttle Columbia who lost their lives on February 1, 2003.

Laurel Clark was one of the Columbia crew and her name is on the memorial plaque on Mars. That means my name is also on Mars and will be for a very, very long time.

With that thought, the sun sets on Mars, as recorded by Spirit.

The Call-Up

Below is a picture of then Private Benjamin and parents on the occasion of graduating boot camp, Fort Jackson, SC.

Now Specialist Clark (of one class or another) has been called to active duty by the North Dakota US Army National Guard. He reported at Minot, ND yesterday, after a 12-hour train ride on the Empire Builder.

It seems that persistent high water levels are straining the dikes and levies and The Guard is being deployed to monitor the situation.

Before boarding the train, dad had some words of wisdom that have been passed down the generations: "Don't let some know-nothing send you down into an unsupported, unprotected trench."

I try to teach my kids using current topics from the news. You may recall that a construction worker was buried in a trench in the last month. And more recently, some surfer buried himself in a hole he dug along the beach in California.

The advise continued..."As you feel your ribs breaking and the air being forced from your lungs, it may occur to you that, 'Dang! my dad was right. I wonder what else he may have been right about?'"

Are those the last thoughts you want to have in this life?

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